NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Norean R. Sharpe, Ph.D. is Dean, and the Joseph H. and Maria C. Schwartz Distinguished Chair at The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University. Dr. Sharpe is an accomplished scholar, with 30 years of teaching experience at Yale University, Bowdoin College, Babson College and Georgetown University. Dr. Sharpe is a member of the Women’s Economic Forum, the leading organization for women executives in the U.S., and has served on Advisory Boards of the Women’s Education Fund, the Global STEM Education Center, the Thurgood Marshall Academy, and the DOME (Diversity and Outreach in Mathematics and Engineering) Foundation. Dr. Sharpe may be reached via her email sharpen@stjohns.edu